Cotton-picker stem



(No Model.)

C. T. MASON, Jr.

COTTON PIGKFR STEM.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. `MASON, JR., OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COTTON-PICKER STEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,647, dated February 24, 1885.

Application filed January 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. MASON, Jr., of Sumter, Sumter county, South Oarolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Picker Stems, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a cotton-picker stem for gathering cotton from the bolls of the plant, and more particularly to the improved construction hereinafter set forth.

The invention consists in a cotton-picker.

strips to the supports, and Fig. 3 represents a portion of one of the strips enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the central rod. B and C are supports thereon,whieh may be of wood. D is a rounded cap, rigidly secured to the-end of the rod. F and G are two adjacent strips similarly formed. All the other strips are formed in like manner.

Each strip consists of a strip of plate metal having teeth formed integrally with it by cutting, or in any other convenient way. The strips areinserted in channels cut longitudinally inthe supports B and C, as shown in Fig. 2, and in this manner are secured in place.

By reference to Fig. 1-it will be seen' that the teeth are all bent over in the same direction, andl that the teeth of one stripas, for example, F--lie partially over the intervals between the teeth of the next adjacent stripas, for example, G. The teeth of each strip are so bent that their points lie on a level with or alittle below the arched or bent-over portions of said teeth,and the teeth of two adjacent strips are so disposed that the points of the teeth ofv one strip shall li'e on a level Fig. 2 is an end view showing the manner of attaching the with or a little below the bent or arched por tions of the teeth of the next adjacent strip. It will be seen that by this construction I do away with the use of guards or partitions between the teeth, such as have been hitherto employed in cotton-picker stems resembling the one above described.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cotton-picker stem, two or more strips of metal secured to supports attached to a central rod, as set forth, the said strips having bent picking-teeth formed upon them, the said picking-teeth being so disposed that the teeth on one strip lie partially over the intervals between the teeth of the next adjacent strip, substantially as described.

2. In a cotton-picker` stem, two or more strips of metal secured to supports attached to a central rod, the said strips having picking-teeth formed upon them, and the said teeth being bent over and disposed so that the teeth ou one strip shall lie partially over the intervals between the teeth of the next adjacent strip, and so that the points of the teeth on the first-mentioned strip shall lie on a level with or a little below the arched or bent portions of the teeth of the said adjacent strip, substantially as described.

3. A cotton-picker stem having on its periphery bent picking-teeth disposed in longitudinal rows, the teeth of each row being bent over to lie between and lalternate with the teeth of the next adjacent row, substantially as described. v

4. A cotton-picker stem having on its pe- CHARLES yT. MASON, JR.

Witnesses:

R. S. BRADwELL, WM. H. CUTTINs. 

